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The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. [2]
Flight Lieutenant István Horthy (the son of the Hungarian regent Miklós Horthy), 37, serving as a fighter pilot with 1/1 Fighter Squadron of the Royal Hungarian Air Force is killed in Russia when his MÁVAG Héja ("Hawk"), "V.421", a Hungarian fighter based on the Reggiane Re.2000, crashes shortly after takeoff from an air field near Ilovskoye.
Douglas A-20 Havoc, 39–735, modified as prototype Douglas XP-70 night fighter, assigned to the 349th Night Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group (Special), crashes on takeoff from Kissimmee Army Airfield, Florida, [19] coming down 1/2 mile NW of the field, [13] killing pilot James H. Toal. The Army Air Force decides at the end of March that ...
General Motors FM Wildcat - Carrier-based fighter; Great Lakes BG - Target drone (withdrawn as carrier bomber) Grumman F3F - Carrier-based fighter; Grumman F4F Wildcat - Carrier-based fighter; Grumman XF5F Skyrocket - Carrier-based prototype fighter; Grumman F6F Hellcat - Carrier-based fighter; Grumman F7F Tigercat - Carrier-based fighter
This pilot safely landed his WW2-era torpedo bomber plane in the ocean after a mechanical issue occurred mid-flight.
During WWII, the Nazi war machine produced over 20,000 Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter planes, known for their outstanding maneuverability and superiority in dogfights, leaving the Allied powers without ...
Thach carried out the first test of the tactic in combat during the Battle of Midway in June 1942, when a squadron of Zeroes attacked his flight of four Wildcats. Thach's wingman, Ensign R. A. M. Dibb, was attacked by a Japanese pilot and turned towards Thach, who dove under his wingman and fired at the incoming enemy aircraft's belly until its engine ignited.
Dramatic video shows the moment an F-35 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska on Tuesday (29 January). The pilot is reported to be safe after deploying ...